wake island in English

noun
1
a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Marshall Islands. Controlled by the US since 1898, it was the scene of World War II fighting after the Japanese occupied it in December 1941.

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1. President Harry S. Truman and Gen. Douglas MacArthur share a happier moment together on Wake Island in 19

2. Departing Seattle 13 August 1944, Cummings joined TG 12.5 at Pearl Harbor for an air strike and shore bombardment of Wake Island on 3 September.

3. On 16 February, after loading supplies and embarking Army and Navy officers for transportation, Wake Island set course for Recife, Brazil, the first stop on her voyage to Karachi, India.

4. After overhaul and training on the west coast, Cotten sailed by way of Pearl Harbor for the raid on Wake Island of 6 August, called at Eniwetok and Guam, and anchored in Tokyo Bay 3 September.

5. Black out (third-person singular simple present blacks out, present participle blacking out, simple past and past participle blacked out) To censor or cover up by writing over with black ink2006, Calton Lewis, Wake Island: The Story of a Civilian Pow at Niigata, Japan 1941-1945 Seigel was able to send two post cards home in 44 months via the Red Cross.